The Snowy Day: Webquest, by Terry Overmyer

Introduction

After reading The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats and clicking on the "Snow" links, you will learn more about snow, winter weather, and author Ezra Jack Keats. Have fun learning more about letters and numbers by throwing snowballs and matching snowflakes! Learn how to dress for snowy weather. Make sure to visit each link and HAVE FUN learning!

Task

At the completion of the Webquest, you will have completed the following:

1. Listened to and/or read along to a reading of The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.

2. Learned about Ezra Jack Keats by reading/having been read to his biography.

3. Watched a video to see how snow is made.

4. Learned about snowflakes and played a snowflake matching game.

5. Created your very own snowflake.

6. Interacted with a snowflake alphabet and math games.

7. Built your own interactive snowman.

8. Had a snowball fight and play math games.

9. Learned how to dress for winter.

Process

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1. Watch and listen to The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.

2. Go to Ezra Jack Keat's website to learn about the author and see his other books at http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/

3. Now watch this video on how snow is made!

[video:http://YouTube.com/watch?v=Fe4-crzqCvg]

4. Look at different snowflakes and play a snowflake matching game.

a. http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/stories/18-perfect-snow...

b. http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/photos/photos.htm

c. http://snowflakebentley.com

d. http://www.dogonews.com/2010/1/25/wilson-a-bentley-a-k-a-snowflake-man

e. http://pbskids.org/sid/fablab_snowflakematch.html

5. Make your own snowflake.

a. http://www.zefrank.com/snowflake/

b. http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com

c. http://dinosaurdesign.com/SnowflakeFactory.htm

6. Play a snowflake alphabet game.

a. http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/SNOWING/default.htm

7. Make your own interactive snowman.

a. http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/snowman/load.htm?f

b. http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/jan/21/build-snowman-…

c. http://www.snowmanbuilder.com/

d. http://www.abcya.com/snowman.htm

e. http://www.agame.com/game/build-a-snowman

f. http://www.cyke.com/snowman.swf

8. Get ready for some snow math games!

a. http://www.fun4thebrain.com/addition/snowmanAdd.swf

b. http://www.fun4thebrain.com/subtraction/snowballFightSub.swf

c. http://monarchcenters.wikispaces.com/Snowball+Fight+Addition

9. After dressing the snowman, it's time to dress a few new friends for winter.

a. http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html (Scroll down and tap on "Dressing Lecky")

b. http://pbskids.org/sid/weatherwheel.html

c. http://tdcms.ket.org/kevsc/int/dressfortheweather.html

Evaluation


Task	Completed/Attempted	Not Completed/Not Attempted	Score
Listened and watched along to The Snowy Day.	1	0
Learned about Ezra Jack Keats by reading his biography.	1	0
Watched a video to see how snow is made.	1	0
Learned about snowflakes and played a snowflake matching game.	1	0
Created their own snowflake.	1	0
Interacted with a snowflake alphabet and math game.	1	0
Built their own interactive snowman.	1	0
Had a snowball fight and played math games.	1	0
Learned how to dress for winter.	1	0

Conclusion

After you have completed this Webquest, you will have

Listened to The Snowy Day
Learned about the author of "The Snowy Day," Ezra Jack Keats.

Learn about snowflakes and their many shapes, and about the man who photographed them long ago, Wilson A. Bentley.
Made your own interactive snowflake and snowman
Understand what to wear for cold and snowy weather.
Completed alphabet and math games.

Other Things to Try or Think About:

Take a poll: Would you rather wear mittens or gloves? A hat or earmuffs? Chart your answers using a bar graph!

Have you ever caught snowflakes on your tongue? What did it feel like? What do you think it would feel like?

Now...for some fun Snow Jokes!

Q: Where does a snowman keep his money

A: In a snow bank!

Q: What do snowmen eat for breakfast?

A: Frosted Flakes!

Q: What do you get when you cross a snowman and a vampire?

A: Frostbite!

Q: How does a snowman get to work?

A: By icicle!

Credits

Permissions

We all benefit and learn from one another by sharing our work. I grant permission for others to use, enjoy, and modify "The Snowy Day: WebQuest," and/or modified "The Snowy Day: WebQuest" for educational or non-commercial purposes, but kindly credit the original authorship. Please see the Creative Commons Attribution~Non-Commercial~Share-Alike license at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ for details.

Thank You,

Terry Overmyer

Credit for the information for this WebQuest is given to:

Teacher Page

Put on your jacket, hat, scarf, boots, and gloves and get ready to head outside with Peter in the book, The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats.

What will Peter show us we can do on a snowy day? What happens when we put a snowball in our pocket and try to take it home?

Let's being our adventure by clicking onto Task 1 and listening to "The Snowy Day" video on YouTube. After we come back inside, let's warm up and have some hot chocolate!

Terry Overmyer